Container



July 14, 1936.

M. E. B. OWENS CONTAIIENER Original Filed Nov. 20, 1953 I NVENTOR Z vATTOR NEY WITNESS;

Patented July 14, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application November20, 1933, Serial No. 698,913 Renewed December 11, 1935 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a container especially adapted for the sale ofmotor fuel or lubricants under seal to prevent tampering therewith orthe evaporation or loss of the contents of the container, and has forthe primary object the provision of a device of the above statedcharacter which will maintain an upright position on a support and maynot be opened without destruction and may be readily opened with a keyand will present an eflicient discharge medium whereby the contents maybe dispensed without the chance of Waste or loss.

With these and other objects in view this invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating a container constructed inaccordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing an opposite side of the container.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View illustrating the keypositioned ready to open the container.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating the containerafter being opened and positioned for the dispensing of the contents ofsaid container.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral I indicates a containerpreferably of substantially conical shape so as to present to thecontainer a bottom or base of considerable size capable of maintainingthe container in an upright position on a support. The apex of thecontainer is cut away to form a mouth adapted to be closed after thefilling of the container with a motor 5 fuel or lubricant by a cap 2,the flanges of which are soldered or otherwise sealed to the walls ofthe container. The container is out diagonally when forming the mouth sothat one side of the container is of a greater height than the opposite10 side and thereby provide to the mouth a pouring lip.

The cap 2 is formed with a tongue 4 adapted to be inserted in the slotof a key 5 so that upon rotating the key the cap 2 will be removed from15 the container so that the contents may be readily poured therefrom,as shown in Figure 4. It is to be understood that the key 5 accompaniesthe container by being removably secured to the wall of the container,as shown in the drawing.

Having described the invention, I claim:

A container for sealing and the dispensing of liquid to an enginecomprising a conical-shaped body providing to the latter a base capableof maintaining the body in an upright position on a support, said bodyformed with a mouth at the end of said body opposite to the base withthe mouth disposed on an inclination so that a wall of the body willprovide to the mouth a pouring lip, a cap sealed to the body for closingthe 30 mouth, and a tongue formed on the cap and projecting beyond oneedge thereof to be engaged by a key normally supported by the containerfor destroying the cap and thereby permitting the content of the body tobe poured from the 35 latter.

MAURICE E B. OWENS.

